Chapter 258

Torrential rain, shattered rocks, thick mud, dense smoke.

These were the last images Evadne saw before her consciousness slipped away, almost in despair.

But with her last bit of strength, just before disaster struck, she pushed the climber to safety.

Even if there was only a sliver of hope, she wanted her to survive.

If she wasn’t prepared for the danger, she didn’t deserve to be in that outfit and show up in that place. She wasn’t afraid to die. As long as her death had meaning, her journey through this tumultuous world wouldn’t be in vain.

She wasn’t always this brave. Even the thought of death or the memory of her father and her stepmothers taking her for a vaccination would make her cry and cause a fuss. She was just a little girl with a flair for the dramatic.

But then at eleven, she met him here.

His bravery, his resilience, his eyes that guided her like a lighthouse in the deep sea, his willingness to live and die with her despite their fleeting encounter, deeply moved her soul.

She realized for the first time that a person could live this way, burning and blooming for themselves.

Even after she married him and even after he hurt her, she had to admit that.

Thaddeus changed her. He changed her life.

Time passed, stars shifted.

Everything happened so fast, like an avalanche!

Evadne had a long and surreal dream during her brief unconsciousness.

She dreamed of playing under her parents‘ knees, her brothers celebrating her birthday with her.

Cassius hoisted her atop a pile of gift boxes, Arnold sang a slightly off–key Happy Birthday, Bennett held the birthday cake as they blew out the candles together, and Elvis gave her the toy gun she had always wanted.

And Thaddeus.

She remembered fighting alongside him on the battlefield, their lives hanging in the balance.

She remembered the first time she saw him again at her grandfather’s side and how she couldn’t take her eyes off him.

Thaddeus pushing the divorce papers towards her, forcing her

pain erupted from her heart, spreading throughout her entire

drowning. Hot sweat

her eyes and tears streamed down her

that bastard, if it wasn’t for the memory of the hurt he caused her,

soon as she woke up, Evadne was nearly scared out of

washed up somewhere by the mud,

branch, her body was

Bad luck,

die? What about my brothers?” Since God gave her a chance to live, it meant

Crack!

branch above her head made a heart–stopping

to speak. She didn’t even dare to breathe, fearing

herself out of the mud with her hands, then

jumped onto the rocks, the branch above

the

to jump out of her throat!

time to be scared. She could only try her best to

had fallen and the storm was

cold rain hit her eyes, blurring her vision, and her hands were

climbing was her

and she was raised by her three stepmothers. When she was young,

this hobby, it was proving to be very useful

Evadne was about to reach the top of the mountain, a strong

started to roll

deeds, donate so much money and accumulate so much virtue every year, and this is how you

and she

“No! Help!”

wide in horror, a sense of despair overwhelming

what awaited her was a hopeless

tear of unwillingness slipped from the corner of Evadne’s eye, and she closed her eyes

pulling her back

she met Thaddeus‘ eyes, as bright as the stars, her heartbeat and breath seemed

“Thaddeus?”

it a dream?

pounded uncontrollably

scared! I’m

panic, joy,

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